The Sage and The Four Maidens

It was a pathetic remnant of a once 'great' civilisation, that was what he knew. It had been destroyed by humanity's hubris, he no longer wanted any part of it. What had been idealism now became cynicism, tempered by the years of destruction. He thought himself wizened, idealism was pointless as it was only a means to despair. Yet these four made him question all of that.